• infinitesunrise@slrpnk.net
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        5 days ago

        It’s true. That’s why forests never have more than 100 trees, flocks never have more than 100 birds, and hives never have more than 100 insects.

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          4 days ago

          Well, ±10%. I saw a school og fish with 103 fish in it once, but ij my fishtank i coukd never get above 90 before my tetras would just all immediatepy rip each other to pieces in a terrible blood frenzy that turned the water pink.

          It’s okay, i figured out a solution; if i just occasionally plucked one out and tortured it in front of the others or smashed it against the rocks with a hammer, i could get as many as three thousand to school together!

          Eventually cracked the tank doing that though. Oopsie. Costs of docial cohesion i guess.